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Joyeux Noel Dollar Store Candles

November 19, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
I always have a bunch of Dollar store prayer candles lying around. Each year, I try to do a new style for Xmas.   This year, I started by wrapping each candle in vintage sheet music. I picked up the glitter stars from Michael's.  They are self-sticking so I added one to the front of each candle. I added some rhinestone bling above the stars.  If you remember, I picked up a French dictionary over...

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Spooky Dollar Store Prayer Candles

September 03, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
The kiddos are officially back to school and I'm chomping at the bit to catch up on some crafting!  Garage sales were a bust this weekend so I looked in my crafting stash and pulled out two Dollar Store prayer candles. I wanted to make some spooky candles for Halloween - even though I have a bunch left over from last year.  First I wrapped some vintage book paper around each candle. Then I hand-stamped...

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Dress Up Dollar Store Candles

March 18, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
I always have a ton of Dollar Store candles in the house.  Given last year's hurricane, I think it's wise to stock up.  Unfortunately, they aren't the prettiest candles in the world.  That is until you dress them up... I printed off the images onto clear transfer paper.  The women are from Pinterest.  The bee with the crown is from The Graphics Fairy. I simply cut around the images.  Then just peel and stick. Super...

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Farmhouse Candle Holder

February 28, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
I popped into a local thrift store earlier this week.  I wasn't in much of a buying mood but I figured I'd take a quick look.  I walked out 99 cents lighter thanks to this petite muffin tin. It's not vintage but for 99 cents, I knew I could give it a vintage farmhouse feel simply by adding some candles to the muffin slots.  It's a look I've seen on Etsy and I just love...

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Dollar Store Candle Trio

February 01, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
This trio of Dollar Store prayer candles has been sitting on the shelf in my craft room since December.  I finally got around to giving them a French makeover today: Two of these great images are from The Graphics Fairy.  The third is one I purchased off of Etsy. Once I cut out each image, I distressed the edges of each one ever so slightly.  Then I used Mod Podge to glue them on and...

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